Gregory Vice President of programs for the World Affairs counsel and the chair of this Conference Planning committee paid thank you for all your hard work. [applause] good afternoon. Everybody well fed i hope. Joining us at lunch today is Phillip Carter senior fellow and director of military veterans and Society Program at the center for a new american security. His research focuses on issues that face veterans and military personneld, force structure and readiness issues and Civil Military relations. His most recent article what america owes its veterans was published in its currentha issue of Foreign Affairs magazine. Serving in iraq from 2,522,006 as an adviser to the state department for Reconstruction Team mr. Carter returned home to an increasing involvement in Veterans National affairs. As a civilian he has worked as in the private sector as an attorney and business adviser and is currently teaching is an adjunct professor of law at georgetown university. Un today he is with us
The president and chancellor at the university of missouri resigned yesterday amid scandal and heightened racial tensions. Anger has been growingnfor months on campus. After incidents of racism and hate crimesd went unnoticed. One student refused to eat until the president stepped down. Cnns kyung lah reports. In 2010 cotton balls scattered in front of the black Culture Center a reference to slavery and a hate crime. This fall black student leaders called racial slurs on two different occasions. A most recently a swastika, in human excrement left on a dorm wall. Nats Ferguson unrest the students say theyre the post ferguson generation shaped by events in a city just two hours away. Black students make up just seven percent of the 35thousand students these protesters. Mobilized. Camping out on the universitys quad. Faculty threatened to walk off the job. But it was this that became the protests game changer 30 mizzou Football Players tweeted they would boycott Team Activities until the
Thats good. But we fell a little behind in iowa. And some people are saying, how could it be . In every poll, this isnt just here, that the people that are with trump are with trump. They dont go anywhere. Theyre staying. Its true. I see it. I see it. You know, a couple of times, they say, well, that could be the end. Then they do something, im ten points up. Its the craziest thing, right . But well take it. That was donald trump just moments ago. In a moment, well run all the numbers in detail for you. First, lets go to cnns sarah murray, whos at the event tonight. It is interesting to see how hes now kind of questioning the scientific merit of some of these polls. Reporter yeah, he certainly is. And you know, you can understand why hes confused, because he comes to events like this, he draws a bigger crowd than any other republican candidate, and he wonders why its not showing up in the poll numbers. As im talking to some of his campaign staff, they say, look, maybe these polls arent